Putting Sarah Palin in the context of white privilege

Imagine Sarah Palin and her pregnant 17-year-old daughter Bristol as black women. Then think again about the meaning of white privilege. Read more from Tim Wise on The Red Room.

Justice was expensive for rape victims in Wasilla

When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — population 7,000 — she charged rape victims for the rape kits used to collect evidence that would help prosecute their attackers.
The policy, which cost each victim $1,200, remained in place until the Democratic governor changed it in 2000.
Get the details on Feministing.com.
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We don’t need Phyllis Schlafly in the White House

If you remember Phyllis Schlafly, the woman who fought the Equal Rights Amendment back in the 1970s — or even if you have just read about her — you’ll be interested in Gloria Steinem’s Sept. 4 article.
In the piece, which originally ran in the LA Times, she calls Sarah Palin, the new Republican vice-presidential nominee, “Phyllis Schlafly, [...]